Look at Ray Ray Run

Lured Slater? Guys like Slater aren't getting promises in free agency, they're just thrilled to get a call.

They blew 36 saves in 55 opportunities. By far the worst rate in MLB.

Pitching has a way of making everything else look better and feel easier. They were the worst team of all time last year because of their bullpen. Burke is going to live and die by the fastball command. It's his big question mark for me. He found it about midway through the third and pretty much cruised from there. A better team might have punished him early, as the angels are bad, but that made the outcome that much better. Good situation for him and he took advantage.

Sosa today: 103.9 MPH 106.4 MPH 85.4 104.7 MPH

Sosa mania 2.0 in Chicago this summer.

Now is when the movie turns into a horror film.

Burke a great mix and the fastball is good when he commands it. It'll be his weakness when he's off, but the angels let him settle in. He's a guy.

Andrew Bagwell

I would but I'm not the first person to publicize this so not a big deal. Not sure what the hold up is on their end.

Endpnt.com/chsn This is the backend link for chsn that they haven't locked down. Not stealing, or pirating.

Beni in mid-season form.

If I were a player I'd ask schiffren to not talk positively about me because it's always proceeded immediately by a bad outcome.

The Lenyn Sosa tear begins today.

"A clean slate."

He's not a good center fielder, but you already have two defensive pluses in Center with Robert and Taylor. I'm sure Fletcher could match Janikowski in LF and RF.

LOL I forgot they had Taylor too. They have back-ups for their defensive replacements.

The Janikowski add is hilarious. He had a .508 OPS in 200+ PA's for the Rangers last year. Fletcher is probably a better defensive RF'er than Janikowski, and while Janikowski is better in CF he's also getting old and defensive skills fall off quickly. Is he better than Robert if Robert is back? No.

lol

Moniak is awful. Pass.

I think you and Jerry R are the only people alive who thought Chris Getz deserved a GM job.

Dave deserved the jobs he was given. He had earned them, whether I agree with his strategy or not. Chris didn't deserve or earn his job, and therefore does not deserve any benefit of the doubt.

Dave is notorious for getting owners over the finish line. His owners spend as much, in a lot of ways, because of Dave. The optimal organization structure in baseball hasn't been a secret - you could hire a consultant to tell you how to build and hire. A GM job is to come up with their own model, not copy everyone else. At least in my opinion.

I've hated on Dave at points in his career, but imagine comparing Dave D to Chris Getz. By the time Dave took over the Tigers he had already built two franchises.

The hires are just the Sox copying what other teams do. You can catch up that way but will then fall behind again. Getz isn't doing anything new, so I'm not going to get too excited about that piece.

The worst team in MLB history followed by another year where you say they MUST be one of the three worst, nets a C. I hope you're not teaching America's youth with those standards. I love that you call the crochet deal a win/big return. Let's wait and see there, Jimmy.